Improved car-seat



A. D. TATE.

Car Seat.

Patnted Nov. 2, 1869.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALFRED D. TATE, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

iMPROVED CARI-SEAT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 96,504, dated November2, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED D. TATE, of Peekskill, in the county ofWestehester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Seator Stool for Railroad -Gars, which can be adapted to churches, rooms,halls, lenches, and tables; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a'full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccom panying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing stools or seats which,when not in use, may be folded back out of the way.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 represents a section of the stool in position for use.

The seat or platform A is made of cast-iron, the full diameter of anordinary seat or stool, with a rim or flange on the outside under edge.

ais a supportin g-post, hinged to the cast-iron plate at b by means of abolt or rivet, also to the guiding bar or brace 0. d is a bar, hinged inlike manner to the center of the under side of the cast-iron seat-plate,in like manner as above, also to the brace c and butt 0, which is madefast to the bench, wall, or partition, all of which may be made ofcast-iron. f is the top of the seat or cushion, which may be made of athin board, and covered with cloth or leather, either stuffed or plain,and shaped so as to fit the recess formed in the top of the cast-ironplate 9, made to receive it, and made fast to the cast-iron plate bymeans of the The front standard, a, is made concave to receive the brace0, so that the front standard and back standard close up complete, as isshown by the dotted lines of the drawing.

Fig. 2 represents a front view of the stool or seat when closed.

When the seat is raised to a vertical position the center of gravityfallswithin the base or support-to wit, between the leg at and the sideof the car, building, counter, or other partition to which the same isattached-so that any ordinary jar or motion will not displace the stoolfrom its vertical position, as seen in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 represents a view of the under side of the same with the supportsof the seat.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The construction and arrangement of a seat or stool, in the mannerand for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination of the supporting-post a, guiding bar or brace c, andhinged bar (I with the seat or stool, in the manner and for the purposeherein described.

ALFRED D. TATE.

\Vitnesses:

OWEN T. CoFFIN, EDW. D. PLATT.

